Caran d'Ache Magnetic Blue

[AllCushty]

Many thanks for the review. This ink is right up my street. So far I have tried three of the new inks. IMO, Hypnotic Turquoise is a very poor replacement for the wonderful Caribbean Sea of which I have a stash that will keep me going for a while (one could argue that the colours are so different that CdAHT is not a replacement but something entirely new). Ultra Violet appears to me to be a worthy successor to Storm - I can't see that much of a difference between the two. Blue Night was a terrific ink but, for me, Magnetic Blue is marginally better. But, then again, I am a fan of Shin-Kai and other colours of that ilk.

[georges zaslavsky]

very nice and interesting blue which is almost a twin of diamine prussian blue, thanks for sharing

[Charles Skinner]

​I have a sample of this ink and like it very much. I read somewhere that it is somewhat like "blue-black" ink. My sample DOES NOT look like "blue-black ink." Explain, please. Am I confused? Do I have inks mixed up inside my old head? C. S.

[Tas]

​I have a sample of this ink and like it very much. I read somewhere that it is somewhat like "blue-black" ink. My sample DOES NOT look like "blue-black ink." Explain, please. Am I confused? Do I have inks mixed up inside my old head? C. S.

 

This is indeed a lovely blue black. Subtle in both colour and shading. It has been a joy to use from day one.

 

It was indeed Lapis' review that made me buy a bottle (if memory serves). It does show its pinky petticoat when washed over so this one only gets used for writing and not sketching.

 

My bottle's contents look like this:

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_caran_dache_magnetic_blue_swatch.jpg

Edited September 2, 2016 by Tas

[Charles Skinner]

I notice that a few of you are calling this a blue-gray ink, instead of a blue-black ink. That is EXACTLY the way my eyes see it. C. S.

[Charles Skinner]

I bought my first bottle just today at the Dallas Pen Show. Really a large crowd ---- , almost too many. ---- Perhaps they cleared out a little after lunch. C. S.

[Tas]

I bought my first bottle just today at the Dallas Pen Show. Really a large crowd ---- , almost too many. ---- Perhaps they cleared out a little after lunch. C. S.

 

Yay!

[Charles Skinner]

I am sorry I bought this ink! Must remember not to buy ink just to get a bottle!

[Tas]

I am sorry I bought this ink! Must remember not to buy ink just to get a bottle!

 

Oh dear. I'm sorry. I've just finished a little scribble with it on the Ink of the Week thread and was thinking, again, what a subtly exquisite ink I believed it was.

 

It's an expensive ink not to like

[Chrissy]

This is an ink that I always thought I would try, but if it's a blue-black then maybe I might resist.

[andrewnielsen]

Lapis, you need to start to take this ink seriously.